MrMakabar@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days agoWhy Trains would NEVER WORK in the USAslrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1434arrow-down111
arrow-up1423arrow-down1external-linkWhy Trains would NEVER WORK in the USAslrpnk.netMrMakabar@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square81linkfedilink
minus-squareCarmakazi@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·17 days agoBecause public transit is for poor people/minorities, and if they used it they’d be around a bunch of poor people/minorities.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 days agoI think this is a big factor. A lot of people are racist, and a lot of people are like pathologically anti-social.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 days agoThen they can’t fly less than Leer, a 747 is as “public” as any Amtrak train.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoand they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed [m|b|tr]illionaires, right?
Because public transit is for poor people/minorities, and if they used it they’d be around a bunch of poor people/minorities.
I think this is a big factor. A lot of people are racist, and a lot of people are like pathologically anti-social.
Then they can’t fly less than Leer, a 747 is as “public” as any Amtrak train.
and they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed [m|b|tr]illionaires, right?